Hueiyen Lanpao Impact : Team to leave Imphal today to bring back child stranded in Jharkhand
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, December 03 2015: After Hueiyen Lanpao on Wednesday published an exclusive report on child trafficking, Director of Social Welfare Department, Manipur on Thursday informed Hueiyen Lanpao that a team from the department will leave Imphal on Friday to bring back the minor who has been lodged in a children home in Jharkhand.

During an interaction with Hueiyen Lanpao, Director of the Social Welfare Department L Nabakishore stated that a team led by Project Officer, ICDS of the Social Welfare Department will leave Imphal on Friday to bring back the child from Jharkhand.

The Director also mentioned that the department had already written to the State Finance Department a week before requesting to sanction the necessary amount for the mission to rescue the child.

However, the Finance Department was yet to respond to the request.

L Nabakishore said the Social Welfare Department will now bear all the expenses and help in rescuing the child on a priority basis.

CWC Dumka claims child safe in children home .

Reacting to the exclusive report published by this daily, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Chairman, Dumka District, Jharkhand on Thursday stated that the committee had visited the Children Home called New Life Academy around two months back and found the son of Ngullam Haokip of Chandel District "safe" in the home.

Speaking to Hueiyen Lanapo over the phone, the CWC Chairman however could not give the exact current status and the situation of the child.

Hueiyen Lanpao on Wednesday published the story of one ten year old son of Ngullam Haokip of Phalbung village in Chandel District who is still stranded in the faraway State of Jharkhand as the Social Welfare Department has failed to sanction the required fund for the child's journey home.

The minor was sent to one Children Home in Jharkhand identified as New Life Academy as the parents faced hardships to send their children to local schools due to poverty.

The minor was sent along with one of his elder brother and another child from the same village in February 2009 .

However, the elder brother and the other child returned home in June last for holidays and narrated the stories of the Home.

Since then, the parents wanted to bring back their child from the Home and contacted officials of Social Welfare Department, Manipur.

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